A Happier Hour

So in the states we have a "Happy Hour".  In Ireland you have  "HAPPIER HOUR!  Cause they are pretty dang happy anyway.  And well, the pub hour with friends and Guinness, it just makes you happier!  And this photo I titled "Happier Hour" also includes toilets which are not easy to find in Ireland.  But Ireland, I speak to you! I (and many others I have to believe) would be happier if you would heat your bathrooms (toilets, in Irish vernacular). Does that really seem a lot to ask?  I mean really!  Your bum is exposed and there you are in a bathroom with 32 to 45 degree heat and it is, unsurprisingly... not pleasant.  Steve, a new pub friend from Lowry's in Clifden, County Galway,  told me he uses toilet paper on the seat to keep his bum warmer (usual pub talk!).  I asked another respected Irish person and she said well, "just get in there and do your business, that is no place to relax".  I had never looked at it like that.  But,  after the exposure my bum has had the last two weeks I can promise you I will.  Nevertheless, I am happier!  Ireland is incredibly beautiful.  The people absolutely fantastic! And here I am amongst it all!

The Irish are known to be a literary people.  Ireland boasts more Pultizer prize winners than any other country in the world.  Just ambling around the English Market in Cork City I spied a quote from an Englishman you may know, William Shakespeare.  I don't know about you, maybe it is my wild Irish nature, but I need little reminders like this to emphasize what is important. Yep,  Ireland is my destiny. They just do it right!  Where I came from.  Where I love.  Who I am. Visit and you will most likely feel the same.  My friends and family do.  God knows I cannot talk my kids into anything.  But, they do agree, they love Ireland!

And just one final point.  Can we add this sign to all our cities in the US?  Can Weston take this into consideration?  I know my horse is not allowed to soil the streets of Weston.  Why is dog fouling less offensive?  Who hasn't unknowingly stepped into doggie fouling and been offended? (Who makes nappie disposal bags, I thought you used glad plastic bags turned inside out????)  Good on you Ireland.  Say it the way it is. And charge the offenders!  I think the world can get on board with that philosophy. Irish doggie lovers unite!  Save the world from doggie fouling! Cheers.
P.S. Can you tell I am drinking Guinness right now?